ILH DIVISION I
Low voted top player for third year in a row
By Wes Nakama
Advertiser Staff Writer
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| Iolani's Derrick Low will "do whatever it takes to win," said Damien's Byron Mello, who was named the ILH Division I Coach of the Year.
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Low, a 6-foot-1 junior point guard, is the first to win the ILH's top honor three times since University's Leroy Lutu (1978-80).
And he did it in a year that was — for him — not as spectacular as far as scoring. Low, the ILH scoring champ in 2001 and runner-up last year, was third this season with 12.9 points per game.
"He'll do whatever it takes to win," Mello said. "This year, it was to find his teammates and distribute the ball a little more. But if he wants to score, he can. He has an extra gear that I don't think anybody else has."
Low is joined on the ILH all-star first team by teammate Bobby Nash, Saint Louis' Jonah Lakatani and Jason Rivers, Damien's Ranson DeCosta and Kamehameha's Caleb Spencer.
Nash (14.4 ppg) made the first team for the third straight year. Lakatani and Spencer were the floor generals of their respective teams. Rivers averaged 10.6 ppg and was a defensive stopper.
DeCosta (15.7 ppg) was the ILH scoring champ for the second straight season, and Mello was named Coach of the Year after leading the Monarchs (5-7) to upsets of Saint Louis and Punahou.
